February 14-18 & April 3-10, 2012


Codes:

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
    (t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally.

(isH):      introduced species in Hispaniola

(esH):     endemic species in Hispaniola
(essH):    endemic subspecies in Hispaniola


These were the 18th & 19th FONT birding & nature tours in the Dominican Republic. The number in ( ) indicates the number of FONT Dominican Republic tours during which the bird has been found.  


Links:

A Cumulative List of Dominican Republic Birds

A List of West Indian Butterflies 

Nature other than Birds during the FONT Feb & Apr 2012 Dominican Republic tours

Nature in the Dominican Republic including: 
Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, Snails, Crabs, Butterflies, Dragonflies & Damselflies

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in the Caribbean

 
Bird-List:

1. Helmeted Guineafowl - apr  (12) (isH)
   Numida meleagris
   
   
2. (Feral) Red Junglefowl - apr  (4) (isH)
   Gallus gallus
   
   
3. West Indian Whistling Duck  (t3) - apr  (4)
   Dendrocygna arborea
   
   
4. Blue-winged Teal - apr  (13)
   Anas discors
   
   
5. Northern Shoveler - apr  (5)
   Anas clypeata
   
   
6. Pied-billed Grebe - apr  (13)  
   Podilymbus podiceps antillarum
   
   
7. American Flamingo - feb,apr  (18)
   Phoenicopterus ruber
   
   
8. Glossy Ibis - apr  (12)
   Plegadis falcinellus
   
   
9. American White ibis - apr  (12)
   Eudocimus albus
   
   
10. Roseate Spoonbill - apr  (13)
    Platalea ajaja
    
    
11. Green Heron - feb,apr  (19)
    Butorides virescens maculata
    
    
12. Cattle Egret - feb,apr  (19)
    Bubulcus i. ibis
    
    
13. Great Blue Heron - apr  (15)   
    Ardea h. herodias
    
    
14. Great Egret - feb,apr  (18)
    Ardea alba egretta
    
    
15. Snowy Egret - feb,apr  (17)
    Egretta thula brewsteri
    
    
16. Little Blue Heron - feb,apr  (16)
    Egretta caerulea
    
    
17. Tricolored Heron - feb,apr  (17)  (was called Louisiana Heron) 
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis
    
    
18. Reddish Egret - feb,apr  (16) - (white & dark morph)
    Egretta r. rufescens
    
    
19. Black-crowned Night Heron - feb  (8)
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii
    
    
20. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - apr  (9)
    Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti
    
    
21. Least Bittern - apr  (8)
    ixobrychus e. exilis 
    
    
22. White-tailed Tropicbird - apr  (2)
    Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
    
    
23. Magnificent Frigatebird - apr  (18)
    Fregata magnificens  
    
    
24. Brown Pelican - feb,apr  (18)  
    Pelecanus o. occidentalis
    
    
25. Brown Booby - apr  (3)
    Sula l. leucogaster
    
    
26. Turkey Vulture - feb,apr  (8)
    Cathartes a. aura
    
    
27. American Kestrel - feb,apr  (19) 
    Falco sparverius dominicensis  (essH)
    
    
28. Merlin - apr  (11)
    Falco c. columbarius
    
    
29. Peregrine Falcon - feb,apr  (4)
    Falco peregrinus 
    
    
30. Osprey - feb,apr  (14)
    Pandion haliaetus  (1 subspecies breeds in the Caribbean, and another winters) 
    
    
31. Ridgway's Hawk (t1) - apr  (4) (esH) 
    Buteo ridgwayi
    
       
32. Red-tailed Hawk - apr  (18) 
    Buteo j. jamaicensis  (same subspecies as in Jamaica & Puerto Rico)
    
    
33. Clapper Rail - apr  (3)
    Rallus longirostris caribaeus
    
    
34. Common Gallinule - apr  (15)  
    Gallinula chloropus cerceris
    
    
35. Caribbean Coot  (nt) - apr  (13)
    Fulica caribaea
    
    
36. Limpkin - apr  (9)
    Aramus guarauna elucus  (t3) (essH) (this subspecies now endemic to Hispaniola; now extirpated in Puerto Rico) 
    
    
37. Black-necked Stilt - feb,apr  (16)
    Himantopus mexicanus
    
    
38. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover - apr  (14)
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
39. Semipalmated Plover - apr  (9)
    Charadrius semipalmatus
    
    
40. Snowy Plover - feb  (10)
    Charadrius n. nivosus
    
    
41. Wilson's Plover - feb,apr  (9)
    Charadrius wilsonia rufinucha
    
    
42. Killdeer - feb,apr  (19) 
    Charadrius vociferus ternominatus
    
    
43. Spotted Sandpiper - feb,apr  (13)
    Actitis macularia
    
    
44. Solitary Sandpiper - apr  (10)
    Tringa s. solitaria
    
    
45. Greater Yellowlegs - feb,apr  (17)
    Tringa melanoleuca
    
    
46. Lesser Yellowlegs - feb,apr  (14)
    Tringa flavipes
    
    
47. Willet - apr  (10)
    Tringa s. semipalmata
    
    
48. Semipalmated Sandpiper - feb,apr  (13) 
    Calidris pusilia
    
    
49. Least Sandpiper - apr  (12)
    Calidris minutilla
    
    
50. Laughing Gull - apr  (12)
    Larus a. atricilla
    
    
51. Gull-billed Tern - apr  (6)
    Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea
    
    
52. Least Tern - apr  (9)
    Sternula (formerly Sterna) a. antillarum
    
    
53. Sandwich Tern - feb,apr  (9)
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
    
    
54. Royal Tern - feb,apr (17)
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
    
    
55. Common (or Feral) Pigeon  (isH) - feb,apr  (19)
    Columba livia
    
    
56. White-crowned Pigeon - apr  (4)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) leucocephala
    
    
57. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon - feb,apr  (19)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) squamosa
    
    
58. Plain Pigeon  (t3) - apr  (13)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) i. inornata
    
    
59. Mourning Dove - feb,apr  (19)  
    Zenaida m. macroura
    
    
60. Zenaida Dove - apr  (13)
    Zenaida aurita zenaida 
    
    
61. White-winged Dove - apr  (14)
    Zenaida a. asiatica
    
    
62. Common Ground Dove - feb,apr  (19)   
    Columbina passerina insularis
    
    
63. Ruddy Quail-Dove - apr  (3)
    Geotrygon m. montana
    
    
64. Jamaican (or Olive-throated) Parakeet (or Conure) - apr  (14)
    Aratinga nana
    
    
65. Hispaniolan Parakeet (or Conure) (t3) - feb,apr  (16) (esH)
    Aratinga c. chloroptera
    
    
66. Hispaniolan Parrot (or Amazon) (t3) - feb,apr  (19) (esH) 
    Amazona ventralis
    
    
67. Mangrove Cuckoo - apr  (16)
    Coccyzus minor
    
    
68. Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo - feb,apr  (19) (esH)
    Coccyzus aurothera (formerly Saurothera) l. longirostris 
    
    
69. Bay-breasted Cuckoo  (t2) - apr  (12) (esH)
    Coccyzus (formerly Hyetornis) rufigularis
    
    
70. Smooth-billed Ani -  feb,apr  (19)
    Crotophaga ani
    
    
71. Burrowing Owl - apr  (13)
    Athene cunicularia troglodytes  (essH)
    
    
72. Hispaniolan Nightjar - apr  (15) (esH)
    Caprimulgus ekmani
    
    
73. Antillean Nighthawk - apr  (10)
    Chordeiles g. gundlachii
    
    
74. Antillean Palm Swift - feb,apr  (19)
    Tachornis p. phoenicobia
    
    
75. Hispaniolan Emerald - feb,apr  (17) (esH)
    Chlorostilbon swainsonii
    
    
76. Antillean Mango - feb,apr  (19)  
    Anthracothorax d. dominicus  (essH: Dominican Mango)
    
      
77. Vervain Hummingbird - feb,apr  (18)  
    Mellisuga minima vieillota  (essH & nearby small islands)
    
    
78. Hispaniolan Trogon  (nt) - apr  (18)  -  (nt) 
    Priotelus (formerly Temnotrogon) roseigaster
    
    
79. Belted Kingfisher - apr  (12)
    Megaceryle alcyon
    
    
80. Narrow-billed Tody  (nt) - feb,apr  (19) (esH)  
    Todus angustirostris
    
    
81. Broad-billed Tody - feb,apr  (19) (esH)
    Todus subulatus
    
    
82. Antillean Piculet  (nt) - feb,apr  (18) (esH) 
    Nesoctites m. micromegas
    
    
83. Hispaniolan Woodpecker - feb,apr  (19) (esH) 
    Melanerpes striatus
    
    
84. Gray Kingbird - feb,apr  (19)
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis
    
    
85. Loggerhead Kingbird - apr  (8)
    Tyrannus caudifasciatus flavecens  (essH)
    
    
86. Stolid Flycatcher - apr  (18) 
    Myiarchus stolidus dominicensis  (essH)
    
    
87. Hispaniolan Pewee - feb,apr  (19)  -  (esH) 
    Contopus h. hispaniolensis 
    
    
88. Greater Antillean Elaenia - feb  (14)
    Elaenia fallax cherriei  (essH) 
    
    
89. Flat-billed Vireo - feb,apr  (18) (esH)
    Vireo nanus
    
    
90. Black-whiskered Vireo - feb,apr  (17) 
    Vireo a. altiloquus 
    
    
91. Golden Swallow  (t3) - feb,apr  (18) (now probably esH) (another subspecies on Jamaica may not exist there)
    Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri  (essH)
    
    
92. Caribbean Martin - apr  (15)
    Progne domincensis
    
    
93. "Antillean" Cave Swallow - apr  (10)
    Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) f. fulva  (essH)
    
     
94. White-necked Crow  (t3) - apr  (16) (now esH)  
    Corvus leucognaphalus
    
    
95. Hispaniolan Palm Crow (nt) - apr  (18) (esH, but has been considered conspecific with the Cuban Palm Crow)
    Corvus palmarum
    
    
96. Red-legged Thrush - feb,apr  (17) 
    Turdus plumbeus ardosiaceus
    
    
97. Bicknell's Thrush  (t3) - feb  (1)
    Catharus bicknelli
    
    
98. Rufous-throated Solitaire - feb  (17)  
    Myadestes genibarbis montanus  (essH)
    
    
99. Northern Mockingbird - feb,apr  (19)
    Mimus polyglottos orpheus
    
    
100. Palmchat - feb,apr  (19)  -  (esH, also in an endemic family)
     Dulus dominicus
     
     
101. House Sparrow - feb,apr  (19) (isH)
     Passer domesticus
     
     
102. Village Weaver - feb,apr  (18) (isH)
     Ploceus cucullatus 
     
     
103. Antillean Siskin - feb  (12)
     Carduelis dominicensis 
     
     
104. Hispaniolan Crossbill  (t2) - feb  (11) 
     Loxia megaplaga
     
     
105. Black-and-White Warbler - apr  (16)
     Mniotilta varia
     
     
106. Northern Parula - apr  (13)
     Setophaga (formerly Parula) americana
     
     
107. Yellow (or Golden) Warbler - feb,apr  (13)
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) petechia albicollis  (essH)  (a resident, rather than the migratory subspecies of the Yellow Warbler that breeds in North America) 
     
     
108. Black-throated Blue Warbler - apr  (15)
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) caerulescens  (2 subspecies winter in the Caribbean) 
     
     
109. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler - feb  (6) 
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) c. coronata
     
     
110. Cape May Warbler - apr  (14)
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) tigrina
     
      
111. Pine Warbler - feb,apr  (18) 
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) pinus chrysoleuca  (essH)
     
     
112. Prairie Warbler - apr  (10)
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) discolor  (2 subspecies from North America winter in the Caribbean)
     
     
113. Ovenbird - apr  (12)
     Seiurus aurocapillus  (2 subspecies winter in the Caribbean) 
     
     
114. Northern Waterthrush - apr  (7)
     Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) noveboracensis
     
     
115. American Redstart - apr  (15)
     Setophaga ruticilla
     
     
116. Green-tailed Ground Tanager - feb,apr  (17)  (has been called Green-tailed Ground Warbler, or simply Ground Warbler)
     Microligea palistris  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
117. Hispaniolan Oriole - apr (17) (esH, but previously part of the Black-cowled, and subsequently the Greater Antillean, Orioles)  
     Icterus dominicensis
     
     
118. Greater Antillean Grackle - feb,apr  (19)  
     Quiscalus n. niger  (essH, the nominate)
     
     
119. Bananaquit - feb,apr  (19)  
     Coereba flaveola bananivora  (essH, 1 of 41 subspecies)
     
     
120. Rufous-collared Sparrow - feb  (3)
     Zonotrichia capensis antillarum  (essH)
     
     
121. Hispaniolan Spindalis - apr  (18)  -  (esH,  but formerly part of the Stripe-headed Tanager, now split into 4 species) 
     Spindalis dominicensis
     
     
122. Black-crowned Tanager - feb,apr  (19)  -  (esH)  (has been called Black-crowned Palm-Tanager)
     Phaenicophilus palmarum
     
     
123. Eastern Chat-Tanager  (t3) - feb  (1) (esH)
     Calyptophilus frugivorus
     
     
124. Greater Antillean Bullfinch - feb,apr  (19)
     Loxigilla violacea affinis  (essH & nearby small islands)
     
     
125. Yellow-faced Grassquit - feb,apr  (19)
     Tiaris o. olivaceus
     
     
126. Black-faced Grassquit - feb,apr  (10)
     Tiaris bicolor marchii 
        

Pallas' Mastiff Bat (or House Bat)  - feb
Molossus molossus 

Mongoose (sp.)  - apr  (Hi)


Amphibians & Reptiles:


Marine (or Giant) Toad  -  apr
Rhinella (formerly Bufo) marina

Bullfrog  -  feb,apr  (heard) (Hi)
Lithobates catesbianus

Hispaniolan Yellow Treefrog  -  feb
Osteopilus pulchrilineata 

Rhinoceros Iguana  -  feb,apr  (ce)  (He) 
Cyclora cornuta

Antillean Slider  (nt)  -  apr
Trachemys stejnegeri

various LIZARDS:

Dominican Giant Anole  -  feb
Anolis baleatus

Hispaniolan Maskless Curlytail  -  feb,apr
Leiocephalus lunatus


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Butterflies:


Cassius Blue  -  feb
Leptotes cassius

Malachite  -  feb,apr
Siproeta (or Metamorpha) stelenes

American Painted Lady  -  feb
Vanessa virginiensis

Julia Heliconian  -  feb,apr
Dryas julia

Zebra Heliconian  -  feb,apr
Heliconius charitonius

Monarch  -  apr
Danaus plexippus

Hispaniolan King  -  feb
Anetia jaegeri   



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